Energy Tips for Cold Weather

1/6/2015

Arctic air is poised to move into the Johnson City Power Board’s service territory on Wednesday afternoon bringing freezing temperatures. Temperatures will plummet into the teens by Wednesday evening and to the single digits on Thursday morning. Once temperatures fall below freezing late Tuesday night, they are not expected to climb back above freezing until Friday afternoon. Due to this cold weather, precautionary steps should be taken to avoid an unnecessary increase in your energy consumption.

Here are some energy tips for the upcoming cold weather:

If you have an electric heat pump, set it and forget it. Once you’ve set your thermostat, leave it alone and don’t readjust.